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NP-COMPLETENESS

NP-COMPLETENESS. Yes. Probably no. Shortest path. Longest path. Matching. 3D-matching. Min cut. Max cut. 2-SAT. 3-SAT. Planar 4-color. Planar 3-color. Bipartite vertex cover. Vertex cover. Primality testing. Factoring. Classify Problems According to Computational Requirements.

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NP-COMPLETENESS

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  1. NP-COMPLETENESS

  2. Yes Probably no Shortest path Longest path Matching 3D-matching Min cut Max cut 2-SAT 3-SAT Planar 4-color Planar 3-color Bipartite vertex cover Vertex cover Primality testing Factoring Classify Problems According to Computational Requirements • Q. Which problems will we be able to solve in practice? • A working definition. [Cobham 1964, Edmonds 1965, Rabin 1966] Those with polynomial-time algorithms.

  3. Classify Problems • Desiderata. Classify problems according to those that can be solved in polynomial-time and those that cannot. • Provably requires exponential-time. • Given a Turing machine, does it halt in at most k steps? • Given a board position in an n-by-n generalization of chess, can black guarantee a win? • Bad news. Huge number of fundamental problems have defied classification for decades. • Good news. These problems are "computationally equivalent" and appear to be different manifestations of one really hard problem.

  4. Polynomial-Time Reduction • Desiderata. Suppose we could solve X in polynomial-time. What else could we solve in polynomial time? • Reduction. Problem X polynomial reduces to problem Y if arbitrary instances of problem X can be solved using: • Polynomial number of standard computational steps, plus • Polynomial number of calls to oracle that solves problem Y. Notation. X  P Y. don't confuse with reduces from computational model supplemented by special pieceof hardware that solves instances of Y in a single step

  5. Polynomial-Time Reduction • Purpose. Classify problems according to relative difficulty. • Design algorithms. If X  P Y and Y can be solved in polynomial-time, then X can also be solved in polynomial time. • Establish intractability. If X  P Y and X cannot be solved in polynomial-time, then Y cannot be solved in polynomial time. • Establish equivalence. If X  P Y and Y  P X, we use notation X  P Y. up to cost of reduction

  6. Definition of NP

  7. Decision Problems • Decision problem. • X is a set of strings. • Instance: string s. • Algorithm A solves problem X: A(s) = yesiff s  X. • Polynomial time. Algorithm A runs in poly-time if for every string s, A(s) terminates in at most p(|s|) "steps", where p() is some polynomial. • PRIMES. X = { 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 23, 29, 31, 37, …. } • Algorithm. [Agrawal-Kayal-Saxena, 2002] p(|s|) = |s|8. length of s

  8. Definition of P • P. Decision problems for which there is a poly-time algorithm.

  9. NP • Certification algorithm intuition. • Certifier views things from "managerial" viewpoint. • Certifier doesn't determine whether s  X on its own;rather, it checks a proposed proof t that s  X. • Def. Algorithm C(s, t) is a certifier for problem X if for every string s, s  X iff there exists a string t such that C(s, t) = yes. • NP. Decision problems for which there exists a poly-time certifier. • Remark. NP stands for nondeterministic polynomial-time. "certificate" or "witness" C(s, t) is a poly-time algorithm and|t|  p(|s|) for some polynomial p().

  10. Certifiers and Certificates: Composite • COMPOSITES. Given an integer s, is s composite? • Certificate. A nontrivial factor t of s. Note that such a certificate exists iff s is composite. Moreover |t|  |s|. • Certifier. • Instance. s = 437,669. • Certificate. t = 541 or 809. • Conclusion. COMPOSITES is in NP. boolean C(s, t) { if (t  1 or t  s) return false else if (s is a multiple of t) return true else return false } 437,669 = 541  809

  11. Satisfiability • Literal. A Boolean variable or its negation. • Clause. A disjunction of literals. • Conjunctive normal form. A propositionalformula  that is the conjunction of clauses. • SAT. Given CNF formula , does it have a satisfying truth assignment? • 3-SAT. SAT where each clause contains exactly 3 literals. each corresponds to a different variable Ex. Yes. x1 = true, x2 = true x3 = false.

  12. Certifiers and Certificates: 3-Satisfiability SAT.Given a CNF formula , is there a satisfying assignment? Certificate. An assignment of truth values to the n boolean variables. • Certifier. Check that each clause in  has at least one true literal. • Ex. • Conclusion. SAT is in NP. instance s certificate t

  13. Certifiers and Certificates: Hamiltonian Cycle HAM-CYCLE.Given an undirected graph G = (V, E), does there exist a simple cycle C that visits every node? Certificate. A permutation of the n nodes. • Certifier. Check that the permutation contains each node in V exactly once, and that there is an edge between each pair of adjacent nodes in the permutation. • Conclusion. HAM-CYCLE is in NP. instance s certificate t

  14. P, NP, EXP • P. Decision problems for which there is a poly-time algorithm. • EXP. Decision problems for which there is an exponential-time algorithm. • NP. Decision problems for which there is a poly-time certifier. • Claim. P  NP. • Pf. Consider any problem X in P. • By definition, there exists a poly-time algorithm A(s) that solves X. • Certificate: t = , certifier C(s, t) = A(s). ▪ • Claim. NP  EXP. • Pf. Consider any problem X in NP. • By definition, there exists a poly-time certifier C(s, t) for X. • To solve input s, run C(s, t) on all strings t with |t|  p(|s|). • Return yes, if C(s, t) returns yes for any of these. ▪

  15. The Main Question: P Versus NP • Does P = NP? [Cook 1971, Edmonds, Levin, Yablonski, Gödel] • Is the decision problem as easy as the certification problem? • Clay $1 million prize. • If yes: Efficient algorithms for 3-COLOR, TSP, FACTOR, SAT, … • If no: No efficient algorithms possible for 3-COLOR, TSP, SAT, … • Consensus opinion on P = NP? Probably no. NP EXP EXP P P = NP If P  NP If P = NP would break RSA cryptography(and potentially collapse economy)

  16. NP-Completeness

  17. NP-Complete • NP-complete. A problem Y in NP with the property that for every problem X in NP, X  p Y. • Theorem. Suppose Y is an NP-complete problem. Then Y is solvable in poly-time iff P = NP. • Pf.  If P = NP then Y can be solved in poly-time since Y is in NP. • Pf.  Suppose Y can be solved in poly-time. • Let X be any problem in NP. Since X  p Y, we can solve X inpoly-time. This implies NP  P. • We already know P  NP. Thus P = NP. ▪ • Fundamental question. Do there exist "natural" NP-complete problems?

  18. Circuit Satisfiability • CIRCUIT-SAT. Given a combinational circuit built out of AND, OR, and NOT gates, is there a way to set the circuit inputs so that the output is 1? output    Yes: 1 0 1    1 0 ? ? ? inputs hard-coded inputs

  19. The "First" NP-Complete Problem • Theorem. CIRCUIT-SAT is NP-complete.[Cook 1971, Levin 1973] • Proof. (Sketch) • Any algorithm that takes a fixed number of bits n as input and produces a yes/no answer can be represented by such a circuit.Moreover, if algorithm takes poly-time, then circuit is of poly-size. • Consider some problem X in NP. It has a poly-time certifier C(s, t).To determine whether s is in X, need to know if there exists a certificate t of length p(|s|) such that C(s, t) = yes. • View C(s, t) as an algorithm on |s| + p(|s|) bits (input s, certificate t) and convert it into a poly-size circuit K. • first |s| bits are hard-coded with s • remaining p(|s|) bits represent bits of t • Circuit K is satisfiable iff C(s, t) = yes.

  20. Example: Independent Set • INDEPENDENT SET. Given a graph G = (V, E) and an integer k, is there a subset of vertices S  V such that |S|  k, and for each edge at most one of its endpoints is in S? • Ex. Is there an independent set of size  6? Yes. • Ex. Is there an independent set of size  7? No. independent set

  21. Example: Independent Set • Construction below creates a circuit K whose inputs can be set so that K outputs true iff graph G has an independent set of size 2. independent set of size 2?  independent set?  both endpoints of some edge have been chosen?   set of size 2?      u    v w G = (V, E), n = 3 u-w v u-v v-w u w ? 1 1 ? ? 0 hard-coded inputs (graph description) n inputs (nodes in independent set)

  22. Establishing NP-Completeness • Remark. Once we establish first "natural" NP-complete problem,others fall like dominoes. • Recipe to establish NP-completeness of problem Y. • Step 1. Show that Y is in NP. • Step 2. Choose an NP-complete problem X. • Step 3. Prove that X  p Y. • Justification. If X is an NP-complete problem, and Y is a problem in NP with the property that X  P Y then Y is NP-complete. • Pf. Let W be any problem in NP. Then W  P X  P Y. • By transitivity, W  P Y. • Hence Y is NP-complete. ▪ by definition ofNP-complete by assumption

  23. 3-SAT is NP-Complete • Theorem. 3-SAT is NP-complete. • Pf. Suffices to show that CIRCUIT-SAT P3-SAT since 3-SAT is in NP. • Let K be any circuit. • Create a 3-SAT variable xi for each circuit element i. • Make circuit compute correct values at each node: • x2 =  x3  add 2 clauses: • x1 = x4  x5  add 3 clauses: • x0 = x1  x2  add 3 clauses: • Hard-coded input values and output value. • x5 = 0  add 1 clause: • x0 = 1  add 1 clause: • Final step: turn clauses of length < 3 intoclauses of length exactly 3. ▪ output x0  x2 x1   x5 x4 x3 0 ? ?

  24. NP-Completeness • Observation. All problems below are NP-complete and polynomial reduce to one another! CIRCUIT-SAT 3-SAT INDEPENDENT SET DIR-HAM-CYCLE GRAPH 3-COLOR SUBSET-SUM VERTEX COVER SCHEDULING HAM-CYCLE PLANAR 3-COLOR SET COVER TSP

  25. Some NP-Complete Problems • Six basic genres of NP-complete problems and paradigmatic examples. • Packing problems: SET-PACKING, INDEPENDENT SET. • Covering problems: SET-COVER, VERTEX-COVER. • Constraint satisfaction problems: SAT, 3-SAT. • Sequencing problems: HAMILTONIAN-CYCLE, TSP. • Partitioning problems: 3D-MATCHING,3-COLOR. • Numerical problems: SUBSET-SUM, KNAPSACK. • Practice. Most NP problems are either known to be in P or NP-complete. • Notable exceptions. Factoring, graph isomorphism, Nash equilibrium.

  26. Extent and Impact of NP-Completeness • Extent of NP-completeness. [Papadimitriou 1995] • Prime intellectual export of CS to other disciplines. • 6,000 citations per year (title, abstract, keywords). • more than "compiler", "operating system", "database" • Broad applicability and classification power. • "Captures vast domains of computational, scientific, mathematical endeavors, and seems to roughly delimit what mathematicians and scientists had been aspiring to compute feasibly." • NP-completeness can guide scientific inquiry. • 1926: Ising introduces simple model for phase transitions. • 1944: Onsager solves 2D case in tour de force. • 19xx: Feynman and other top minds seek 3D solution. • 2000: Istrail proves 3D problem NP-complete.

  27. More Hard Computational Problems • Aerospace engineering: optimal mesh partitioning for finite elements. • Biology: protein folding. • Chemical engineering: heat exchanger network synthesis. • Civil engineering: equilibrium of urban traffic flow. • Economics: computation of arbitrage in financial markets with friction. • Electrical engineering: VLSI layout. • Environmental engineering: optimal placement of contaminant sensors. • Financial engineering: find minimum risk portfolio of given return. • Game theory: find Nash equilibrium that maximizes social welfare. • Genomics: phylogeny reconstruction. • Mechanical engineering: structure of turbulence in sheared flows. • Medicine: reconstructing 3-D shape from biplane angiocardiogram. • Operations research: optimal resource allocation. • Physics: partition function of 3-D Ising model in statistical mechanics. • Politics: Shapley-Shubik voting power. • Pop culture: Minesweeper consistency. • Statistics: optimal experimental design.

  28. Practical Applications of NP-Completeness I can’t find an efficient algorithm, but neither can all these famous people. [Garey & Johnson, Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness, Freeman, 1979.]

  29. Reductions

  30. Traveling Salesman Problem • TSP. Given a set of n cities and a pairwise distance function d(u, v), is there a tour of length  D? All 13,509 cities in US with a population of at least 500Reference: http://www.tsp.gatech.edu

  31. Traveling Salesman Problem • TSP. Given a set of n cities and a pairwise distance function d(u, v), is there a tour of length  D? Optimal TSP tour Reference: http://www.tsp.gatech.edu

  32. Traveling Salesman Problem • TSP. Given a set of n cities and a pairwise distance function d(u, v), is there a tour of length  D? 11,849 holes to drill in a programmed logic array Reference: http://www.tsp.gatech.edu

  33. Traveling Salesman Problem • TSP. Given a set of n cities and a pairwise distance function d(u, v), is there a tour of length  D? Optimal TSP tour Reference: http://www.tsp.gatech.edu

  34. Hamiltonian Cycle Reduces to TSP • TSP. Given a set of n cities and a pairwise distance function d(u, v), is there a tour of length  D? • HAMILTONIAN-CYCLE. given a graph G = (V, E), does there exist a simple cycle that contains every node in V? • Claim. HAM-CYCLE PTSP. • Pf. • Given instance G = (V, E) of HAMILTONIAN-CYCLE, create n cities with distance function • TSP instance has tour of length  n iff G is Hamiltonian. ▪

  35. 3-Satisfiability Reduces to Independent Set • Claim. 3-SAT  PINDEPENDENT-SET. • Pf. Given an instance  of 3-SAT, we construct an instance (G, k) of INDEPENDENT-SET that has an independent set of size k iff  is satisfiable. • Construction. • G contains 3 vertices for each clause, one for each literal. • Connect 3 literals in a clause in a triangle. • Connect literal to each of its negations. G k = 3

  36. 3-Satisfiability Reduces to Independent Set • Claim. G contains independent set of size k = || iff  is satisfiable. • Pf.  Let S be independent set of size k. • S must contain exactly one vertex in each triangle. • Set these literals to true. • Truth assignment is consistent and all clauses are satisfied. • Pf.  Given satisfying assignment, select one true literal from each triangle. This is an independent set of size k. ▪ and any other variables in a consistent way G k = 3

  37. Solving NP-Complete Problems

  38. Satisfiability Solvers • Every problem in NP can be reduced to SAT. • So let’s design an algorithm to solve SAT! • Input: CNF formula • Output: Truth assignment that satisfies all clauses, or failure • Solution: Search • Two main approaches: • Backtracking (e.g.: DPLL) • Local search (e.g.: WalkSAT) Backtracking is worst-case exponential. Local search does not guarantee solution. But in practice they work quite well for most instances. Artificial Intelligence is the study of NP-complete problems.

  39. Backtracking • Assign truth values by depth-first search • Assigning a variable deletes false literals and satisfied clauses • Empty CNF: Success • Empty clause: Failure • Additional improvements: • Unit propagation (unit clause forces truth value) • Pure literals (same truth value everywhere)

  40. The DPLL Algorithm DPLL(CNF) { ifCNF is empty then returnTrue else ifCNF contains an empty clause then returnFalse else ifCNF contains a pure literal xthen returnDPLL(CNF(x)) else ifCNF contains a unit clause {u} then return DPLL(CNF(u)) else choose a variable x that appears in CNF ifDPLL(CNF(x)) = Truethen returnTrue else returnDPLL(CNF(¬x)) }

  41. Stochastic Local Search • Uses complete assignments instead of partial • Start with random state • Flip variables in unsatisfied clauses • Hill-climbing: Minimize # unsatisfied clauses • Avoid local minima: Random flips • Multiple restarts

  42. The WalkSAT Algorithm WalkSAT(CNF, max-tries, max-flips, p) { fori← 1 to max-tries do solution = random truth assignment forj ← 1 to max-flips do if all clauses in CNF satisfied then returnsolution c ← random unsatisfied clause in CNF with probability p flip a random variable in c else flip variable in c that maximizes number of satisfied clauses return failure }

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